[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #13273: Allow "'non-clickable" menu items

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#13273: Allow "'non-clickable" menu items
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 Reporter:  stgoos                     |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  enhancement                |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                     |   Milestone:  6.9
Component:  Menus                      |     Version:  3.0
 Severity:  normal                     |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  needs-design dev-feedback  |     Focuses:  ui, accessibility
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Comment (by joedolson):

 I like the idea of adding a new object type that can be treated
 differently; it might make implementation easier.

 However, I still think that there's a lot to figure out in this. What the
 object might become is going to depend on where it is in the menu - on the
 top level, it would need to be a `button`, within a menu it might need to
 be something else entirely, and that could depend on whether it's a parent
 within the submenu or not.

 Thinking about implementations, in a submenu it could either need to be a
 heading or a trigger to expand another submenu.

 While I'm intrigued by this, I'm wondering whether it's practical - it's a
 lot of work to implement, and in the meantime the block editor will be
 moving towards a more significant mega menu editing option.

 This would provide something for classic themes, but there are already
 many different solutions for the problem out there. Before we can really
 start implementing, we'd have to have some clear ideas of what this is
 going to accomplish.

 Are we aiming to enable mega menu structures within the classic menu
 editor, but without the scripting to control them, or are we going to be
 more conservative about what options the settings allow?

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